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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

S. H. BULLOGK.

CHILDS CRIB.

Patented Deo. 16, 1884.

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SAM H. BULLOCK, OF PROVIDENCE, RI-IODE ISLAND.

CHELDS CRIB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,376, dated December 16, 1884.

Application filed January 5, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.'

Be it known that I, SAM H. BULLocK, of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, have made certain new arid useful Improvements in Ohildrens Cribs; and I do hereby declare that the following specification, taken in connection` with the drawings making a part of the same, is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

Figure l is a side elevation of a crib with my improvements on it, showing the side let down by dotted lines. Fig. lA is au elevation of a part of a crib, showing my improvements. Fig. 2 is another viewof the post, showing the relative position of the rod. Fig. 3 is a top view. Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the rod, showing manner of securing the parts.

The object of my invention is to so construct a ehilds crib that it will bc more'eonvenicnt than those now in use, and it consists in the arrangement and combination of devices for dropping or sliding down the side thereof, as hereinafter described. I employ a guide-rod upon which is provided a spring-hook with an inclined face on the lower side. The sliding side of the crib has a ring or loop which surrounds the guide-rod, and when it is ele vated the said ring or loop moves over the inclined face of the hook, and is automatically engaged therewith and holds the side up. When the side is to be lowered again,the hook is forced out of engagement with the ring and the side may slide down the rod.

In my invention, A, Fig. 1 is the post; B, the side bar or frame, and C the slatted side of the crib.

Upon the inside of the post A, and upon the inside of the foot-post upon the same side of the crib,4 I attach a vertical rod, D, which is firmly secured to the posts at the top and 4o bottom in any convenient way.

To each end of the slatted side C, I secure two or more sleeves or rings, a, which surround the rod D and move freely thereon.

Near the top of the rod D, and also upon the corresponding rod at the other end, I place a spring or snap, E, which has a hook, E', with an inclined lower face, e. The hook and spring are secured upon the rods D in a slot, D', and may be sprung or bent in to disengage the hook from the ring a.

The operation of my invention is as follows: Taking the parts in the position shown in Fig. 1, when it becomes necessary to remove the side, the springs E are depressed by being sprung or bent into the slot D, when, as will be readily seen, the sla-tted side C will, by its own weight, slide down until the top is upon a level with the mattress, the side bar, B, being placed beyond its vertical line of travel to permit its free passage. lVhen it is desired to close the crib, the side can be raised up until the upper ring passes above the shoulder O of the snap, when it will be securely held in position until again lowered, as described.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a crib, the combination of the frame A, guiderods D, and spring-hooks E E with the sliding side C and rings a, arranged and constructed substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

SAM H. BULLOCK. Witnesses:

CHARLEs H. TITUs, WALTER B. VINCENT. 

